Last week, we finished constructing our looms by inserting and gluing into place the dowel pegs along the edges. This week, the students were able to begin weaving on their looms. Using one ball of yarn in the color of the student's choice, the pegs were laced up and the yarn was tied off at the last peg.
Then using a different color yarn, each child began to weave! Over and under the yarn they pulled their string through and then switched the order of the operation, the next row being "under and then over". Some of the kids recognized this activity from weaving "pot-holders" on plastic looms with loops at home in the past. We discussed the idea of proportion and the idea of making stripes in different widths and colors.
Our students really enjoyed the satisfaction of creating something beautiful with their hands in class and were excited to take their looms home along with their ball of yarn to finish up their piece.
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